Hog-house-floor construction



number suitably spaced apart.

.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN T. BOUMA, OF I JYNNVILLE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO N. M. BOUMA, OF LYNN- VILLE,

I Iowa.

Application filed May 29,

TorzJZ 1072 0122 it may coaccmt:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN T. BOUMA, citizen or" the United. States of Ainerlca,

and resident of Lynnville, Jasper county,

Iowa, have invented a new and useful Hog- House-Floor Construction, ofwhich the tollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for floors of hog arrangement and combination of elements,

whereby these objects and others are attained, as hereinafter set forth,- pointed out inmy claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan, partly in section, illustrating a section of floor constructed according. to my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section,

'on an enlarged scale, of a portion of one of the liquid-dispensing units. Fig. 4: is a cross-section of the same.

It is .my intention to provide a sanitary floor construction which may be installed and built in when a building isconstructed, or may be applied to and over an old floor with very little labor and expense in the way of reconstructing or rearranging the existing parts of the building. 7

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates generally one side wall of a building, which may be of any desired size, shape and term 01 construction. The numerals 11 represent floor boards of any ordinary or desired type, which in this instance are shown as planks crossing and secured to sills 12, one of which is shown but which may be of any desired The floor boards 11, or some of them, are laterally spaced apart and separately formed liqulddispensing units, of any desired number, which will be more specifically described, are mounted in the spaces between said boards. Each of said units is composed o1"- Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

1919. 'Serial No. 300,779.

two parallel strips 13, 14C, of wood, separated by a strip 15 of felt, fiber, packing or. similar absorbent material adapted to act as a wick or conveyer of liquid, and said strips may be secured together by transversely eX- tending nails 16 or like members. Each 0% the strips 13, 14: is beveled or chamfered at its lower inner margin, whereby a longitudinally extending channel 17 is formed partially in each of said strips and extending from end to end of the unit. The lower margin of the absorbent strip 15 extends downwardly into and substantially to the bottom or the channel 17. A pan 18, preferably formed of light weight sheet metal, is slipped over the lower portions of the strips 13, 14 and forms a bottom for the channel 17. @no of the units so formed is adapted to be mounted in each of the spaces between floor boards 11 and rest loosely and removably on and be supported by the sills 12. The units preferably fit snugly in these spaces so they may not be accidentally displaced. lVhen' so'mounted the upper surfaces oi the strips 13, 14, 15 are substantially flush with the upper surfaces of the boards 11, although the upper margins of the absorbent strips 15 may be caused to project slightly if desired. One end of each unit is caused to project through and outside of the side wall 10, as through holes formed in said wall. A filling aperture 19 is formed in the projecting end of each unit and extends from the top of the unit to the channel 17 thereof. 7

In use the parts are assembled as shown and described and the sanitary units are supplied with any desired liquid substance, such as germicide, disinfectant, oil or other substance which it is desired be applied to the hides and bodies of the animals to occupy the building. This substance is supplied to the sanitary units through the filling apertures 19 and is contained in the channels 17 and pans l8 and drawn up by and through the absorbent strips 15, wherebyit covers the tops of the units and portions at least of the adjoining floor boards. This substance then is distributed and applied to bodies of animals occupying the building and tends to destroy and prevent the accumulation of vermin and to keep their bodies in healthy and sanitary condition. Thus the substance is applied to the animals without any extra effort and without the use of extraneous appliances, but simply through contact with the floor of the building which they occupy, and so long as the pans of the units are kept supplied with the material it is always at hand for distribution to the animals through the absorbent members 15. As the filling apertures 19 are located outside the building the filling operation is facilitated and the V apertures kept free from refuse of the buildliquid to their'upper surfaces.

2, A floor construction, comprisingspaeed floor boards and separately formed sanitary units mounted in and filling the spaces between said boards, said units having their upper surfaces substantially flush with said boards, said; units being provided with means for "containing a quantity of liquid and also being-provided w th wick de'VlGeS,

extending from said containing means to their upper surfaces. c. V x

3. A ifioor construction, comprising spaced floorboardsand sanitary units removably' mounted in and normally filling the spacesbetween said boards, said units being provided with means: for containing a quantity of liquid and also be ng providedwithwick devlces extending from said containing meansto their upper surfaces.

4; A floor construction, comprising spaced floor boards and sanitary units mounted in and filllng the spaces between said boards,

said units extending at one endbeyond said boards, said units being provided with means for containing a quantity of liquid and also being provided with filling apertures in said projecting portions, said units also'being provided with means for conveying said.

liquidto their upper surfaces.

I 5; A floor construction, having a continuous, substantially plane, upper surface, composed of spaced members and sanitary units loosely mounted in and substantially filling the spaces between said members, each of said sanitary units being formed with provided With means for conveying said liquid to, thelr upper'surfaces. V

6. In afloor construction, the combination c of alternate perforate and imperforate strips arranged in contact successively and having a continuous, substantially plane upper surface, said perforate strips being adapted to contain liquid and 7 being provided with means for exuding said liquid from their upper surfaces. 7

7;, In a fioorconstructlon adapted to support and apply a germiclde or disinfecting -liquid to: theb'odies; of swine the combination of spaced non-treated members and treated members in and substantially filling the spaces: betweenthe non-treated members,

said treated members serving as reservoirs for saidfliq-uid and being provided with means. for; discharging'the same to the upper surface of the floor. v

Signed at Lynnville, in the county of Jasper and; State ofIowa, this 26th day of- December, 1918.

. f BENJVAMINVT. BOUMA,

c means. for holding a quantity of liquid and 

